Darius Rucker Refused To Wear Certain Team Jerseys In His NFL Line
Darius Rucker announced his NFL Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics, featuring T-shirts, fleeces, outerwear, and more in 2021.
Darius is a well-known and lifelong fan of the Miami Dolphins. One thing he did struggle to do when his line was announced was model the team logos of those who are not his beloved Dolphins.
He told me in a recent interview when I asked how hard it was to wear logos of teams he does not root for. He said, “That’s a good question. I went around and around about that. I finally said, ‘I’m the only model for my stuff because they want me to do it that way.’ So I have to wear the other teams because we are selling all 32 teams, so you want people to buy them.”
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He added, “It was tough to wear other teams’ apparel, and there were some teams I just wouldn’t wear. Like, they wanted to put a Patriots thing on me, I said, ‘No.’ They wanted to put a Giants jersey on me, ‘No.'”
Darius noted to the USA Today when the line came out, “When you are up there with a band and playing a song, we have to play at the same tempo and have to play all the right notes. Football is a prime example. You can’t have guys doing all different things on a play than what they are supposed to.”
To date, Darius’ most memorable shows have something in common with his love of sports. He offers, “Wrigley Field, I will never forget that. I still can’t believe I just said that we played Wrigley Field with Rascal Flatts, and it was amazing. To do the national anthem at Yankee Stadium or sing it in Atlanta for the World Series. Or Madison Square Garden — it’s not just known for sports; that is your dream call to play as an artist. I love that place. It is way past the word iconic.”
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5 - Kenny Chesney - Pittsburgh Steelers
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A native of East Tennessee, Kenny Chesney is a Tennessee Vols fan when it comes to college football, but when it comes to the NFL, he’s a lifelong fan of The Pittsburgh Steelers. While he has played Heinz Field (now called Acrisure Stadium) many times, he visited the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp in 2015 to watch his favorite team in action.
4 - Chris Young - Dallas Cowboys
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Chris, who was based in Texas and played there almost exclusively before hitting it big in Nashville, is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. He was quite happy over the weekend (1/16) when his beloved Dallas Cowboys beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to advance in the playoffs. He was so pleased he posted a video on his socials from a trip to Hawaii to cheer his team on.
3 - Luke Combs - Carolina Panthers
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This North Carolina native loves his Panthers. He often wears Panthers gear on stage.
2 - Blake Shelton - Arizona Cardinals
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Blake loves the Arizona Cardinals and even took his then-girlfriend, Gwen Stefani, to a game in 2015 when they were dating. He always posts on social media about his team, and as they say, “He bleeds Arizona red.” The now-married couple went to another game of Blake’s fave team in November (2022) when his Cardinals played the Los Angeles Rams.
1 - Darius Rucker - Miami Dolphins
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Darius Rucker is definitely country music’s most passionate NFL football fan. He famously said that he has two seasons, “football season and waiting for football season.” A lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, he often sings that National Anthem at their games and did so this past September 2021 when the Dolphins played the Buffalo Bills. When he fronted Hootie and The Blowfish, he wrote the band’s biggest song, “I Only Want To Be With You,” in college when he was so upset that his Dolphins were losing, he started to cry, and his mother called him a baby. Rucker also has his own line of NFL wear.
